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We saw the 30 Kr sign too. Did they have an English narration? The 50 Kr boat did.

Sorry to be so late in responding. Yes the 30 kroner ride had English narration as well as at least 2 other languages and was a regular canal tour boat, not a hop-on, hop-off waterbus.

We enjoyed Tivoli in the afternoon with a free concert by the Promenade Orchestra in the bandshell: had a very early 20th century feel to the place. And the tulips and other spring flowers were amazing. I had read 10,000 tulips would be blooming when we were at Tivoli and I believe we saw almost all of them on May 23 when we were there.

I saw someone post about the 50 kroner canal ride. We saw that price posted at the first pier we came to, but walked further along and found one for 30 kroner which we took. Had a great time.

Returning people who visited the Hermitage.

 

 

Did you notice any of the rooms closed for renovations? Specifically the rooms on the second floor?

Just back and the Impressionist rooms were closed to my intense disappointment when we were there May 29.

Two comments : we were told and had read that they want $, not rubles in Russia and that you can use credit cards. But when I tried to buy Russian tea in a confectioner's shop on Nevsky Prospekt they took neither, only rubles. Also we went to the library on board every evening to spend a bit of time looking up the next port for any last minute information about sites we may have missed in our advance planning. It was great to have a variety of guide books to look at and saved bringing any (except for copies I had made in advance of maps of the old towns and walking tours from Rick Steves.